How To Install Anaconda on Ubuntu 16.04
Anaconda is a free and open-source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing (data science, machine learning applications, large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, etc.), that aims to simplify package management and deployment.
Step 1 — Retrieve the Anaconda
Firstly you should download the latest anaconda version from the given link. Or you can also download any old version which is compatible with your machine it totally depends on you.
Note: Its size is 522 MB it will take time.
Step 2— Verify the Data Integrity of the Installer
You should verify the downloaded file through given command. Go to the directory where is the file then run command.
~/Downloads $ sha256sum Anaconda3–2020.02-Linux-x86_64.shYou will see output like this, which means the file is perfect.
Output:-$ 2b9f088b2022edb474915d9f69a803d6449d5fdb4c303041f60ac4aefcc208bb Anaconda3–2020.02-Linux-x86_64.sh
Step 3— Run the Anaconda Script
Download file is a .sh file, .sh files are UNIX (Linux) shell executables files. Now, we will have to run through below given command.
$ bash Anaconda3–2020.02-Linux-x86_64.sh
Step 4— Complete Installation Process
After running the above command it will ask some questions for installing process.
==> For changes to take effect, close and re-open your current shell. <==If you'd prefer that conda's base environment not be activated on startup,
set the auto_activate_base parameter to false:conda config --set auto_activate_base falseThank you for installing Anaconda3!===========================================================================Anaconda and JetBrains are working together to bring you Anaconda-powered
environments tightly integrated in the PyCharm IDE.PyCharm for Anaconda is available at:
https://www.anaconda.com/pycharm
Step 5— Activate Installation
Activate your installation via given command.
$ source ~/.bashrcStep 6— Test Installation
You can check via following command that how many applications and which versions are available in this environment.
$ conda list
Step 7— Step Start Jupyter Notebook
The Jupyter Notebook is one of applications of conda. The Jupyter Notebook application allows you to create and edit documents that display the input and output of a Python or R language script. Once saved, you can share these files with others. NOTE: Python and R language are included by default, but with customization, Notebook can run several other kernel environments.
Start Jupyter Notebook via given below command.
$ jupyter notebookAnaconda allows us to launch applications and easily manage conda packages, environments, and channels without using command-line commands.
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